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America's Independent Party ^ | May 19, 2008

[EternalVigilance]

Winning one for the Gipper.

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[ConservativeMan55]

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[ansel12]

Choosing a Republican party leader and champion to sell your third party is sneaky.

President Ronald Reagan was and is a Republican.

[Kartographer]

First they came for the Pro-Life Catholics and I did not speak out because I was not a Pro-Life Catholic.
Then they came for the Christian Home-Schoolers and I did not speak out because I was not a Home-Schooler.
Then they came for the Veterans and the Gun Owners and I did not speak out because I was not a Veteran and I did not own a gun.
They kept coming and took away many of my neighbors and I stood by and said nothing, I only worried each time that they had come for me, but they did not.
Finally there came a time when they stopped coming and I and the few neighbors who were also spared gathered to discuss how relieved we were that the troubles now seemed to be over and how lucky we were not to have been taken away.
And we rejoiced that we had been spared until one neighbor pointed out: “They have no need to come for those who are obedient slaves.”

[EternalVigilance]

The Gipper was a Democrat until his party left him.

You’d be well to learn from that.

[EternalVigilance]

By the way, AIP leaders are 100% Reagan conservatives. They are also republicans.

And as long as Republicans refuse to be republicans, our party will continue its current exponential growth.

[EternalVigilance]

sneaky

You ain't seen nuthin' yet.

[RC2]

It amazes me to see how far ND’s values have fallen. There was a time when the school would throw away a championship football game if their team was caught violating their school rules. Now they will support abortion. Where has the pride of a major University gone? Even their school song promotes pride but their actions do not.

[shibumi]

I got a big “AMEN” for ya on that one!

[EternalVigilance]

Yeah. Their pride now is in what is actually shameful. Very sad.

By the way, I can tell you with 100% certainty, the Battle of South Bend is NOT over.

[ansel12]

And as long as Republicans refuse to be republicans, our party will continue its current exponential growth.

Skipping California, how many people have registered into your party since it started?

[EternalVigilance]

Why, do you want to join?

Or is you only criteria that the crowd has to be big before you’ll go anywhere?

[ansel12]

The Gipper was a Democrat until his party left him. You’d be well to learn from that.

That's right from Democrat to Republican his home and the party that he led, with no detours into third party oblivion.

The libertarians also try to use Reagan in sells pitches to push their third party, it sure is not honoring the man to use him to attack his own legacy and loyalties.

[shibumi]

As of this moment, the count is one more than when the thread started (that I’m aware of.)

I’m with you EV - and I live one hour away from ND.

[ansel12]

Why, do you want to join? Or is you only criteria that the crowd has to be big before you’ll go anywhere?

As the man that claims to have created the party (instead of Keyes) and as the party chairman and claiming your "exponential growth" I just wanted to see if you can give an honest answer to a simple question.

[Defiant]

The Gipper was a Democrat until his party left him.

Reagan always said that to explain why he left the Dems. The truth was, he got a little older and learned about how the world works, beginning in the 40s with his stint as head of the actors' union, and then in the 50s as the student of the head of GE. The Dems in the 30s and 40s were every bit as radical and socialist as they are now. Many top people in FDRs administration were fans of the soviet model, or were agents of the soviets, and all of them were working for socialism, the Constitution be damned.

That said, had the GOP shut Reagan and the conservative side out, he might have left. He saw a way to take over the party through the force of his personality, and he took it. The Country Clubbers gave up control only temporarily, they did not learn his lessons or allow conservatives to have permanent sway. We are now back to 1976, only the Country Clubbers have locked the barn door, controlling the process even more than ever, with open primaries, liberal Dem states voting first, supporting RINOs instead of conservatives in the primaries and all kinds of other means they have to keep the riff-raff at bay. If conservatives cannot use the GOP as the platform to bring conservative ideas to government, then they have to look elsewhere and build from the ground up.

It's not time to give up on the GOP yet, but that time is close at hand. If it can't be taken from the country clubbers, soon, then it will be too late to restore the Constitution later.

[EternalVigilance]

Very insightful post.

AIP has several pieces of the puzzle that you have not yet considered, at least in my opinion, judging by your post. These are always principled, but eminently practical, means that are crucial, I believe, to the goal of rescuing the country and restoring republican self-government.

But, you’re not alone. Very few others have caught the whole vision yet either.

Hopefully soon we’ll have the ability to fully communicate these new but critically important components to everyone in the country who is like yourself...an obviously thoughtful patriot who truly does want to bequeath liberty to the next generation. We’re working on it as hard and as fast as we can. I hope you’ll keep an eye on our efforts.